Ideas: Viking women in a new light

The word “Viking” has long been associated with tall and muscular man wielding a razor-sharp weapon, wearing a helmet and standing boldly on the prow of a ship, ready to pillage and burn. Today, however, in the age of interdisciplinary research, and when medieval history is omnipresent in museums and universities but also on social media and the silver screen, our visions of the Vikings are changing.